Legal Recovery Associates LLC v. Brenes Law Group, P.C.

Opinion

USDC SDNY UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT | De cra SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK LEGAL RECOVERY ASSOCIATES LLC, | DATE FILED: 02/07/2023 | Plaintiff, 22-CV-1778 (ER) (BCM) -against- ORDER BRENES LAW GROUP, P.C. and TROY BRENES, Defendants.

BARBARA MOSES, United States Magistrate Judge. No later than February 15, 2023, plaintiff Legal Recovery Associates LLC (LRA) and counterclaim defendant Lawrence Litigation Group, LLP (LLG) shall each file a Rule 7.1 Statement, in the form available at https://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/forms/rule-71-statement. The parties’ attention is drawn to Part II, which notes that "the citizenship of an L.L.C. is the citizenship of each of its members." See Bayerische Landesbank, New York Branch vy. Aladdin Capital Mgmt. LLC, 692 F.3d 42, 49 (2d Cir. 2012). The same is true for limitation liability partnerships. See Hoguet Newman Regal & Kenney, LLP y. Lowe, 2021 WL 4638539, at *1 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 6, 2021). LRA and LLG shall identify, and disclose the citizenship of, each of their members or partners. "An individual's citizenship, within the meaning of the diversity statute, is determined by his domicile." McKie v. Kornegay, 2022 WL 4241355, at *1 (2d Cir. Sept. 15, 2022) (quoting Van Buskirk v. United Grp. of Cos., Inc., 935 F.3d 49, 53 (2d Cir. 2019)). Dated: New York, New York February 8, 2023 SO ORDERED. Calc BARBARA MOSES ts” United States Magistrate Judge